While the Golden State Warriors’ trade for Jimmy Butler has been public knowledge for close to 24 hours now, it’s not officially on the books as far as the league is concerned. It’s all thanks to a comedically old school reason: tied-up phone lines.

The Golden State Warriors have spent much of the last couple of months looking for a big swing to take in the trade market. They were linked to Kevin Durant, to

The Warriors had one route to relevancy remaining before Thursday’s NBA trade deadline — one last shot to find a second star to pair with Steph Curry for the last few seasons of his career. On Wednesday night, they took it. It took them long enough.